Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
To begin with, I would like to let the witnesses know, as well as everyone who will be making presentations later this morning, that Committee members are very interested in receiving any documentation that you have and would like to forward to us. If the material is translated, that would be even better; if it is not, we will have it translated. I am thinking in particular of the briefs of Mr. Desbois or Mr. Scantland, or any other material you may wish to present. Please do not hesitate to do that. We will be very pleased to receive it and to look through it, in order to better understand your testimony.
I am a guy from radio, like Gérard-Raymond Blais, whom I had the chance to work with for several years. In radio, we are used to saying whatever we have to say very quickly. At the same time, I fully understand that dealing with an issue like the impact on the snow crab industry in just a few minutes is pretty well impossible. That is the reason why we are holding several hearings, something that will give us a chance to reflect on all the issues.
I would be interested in hearing more from you, particularly, Mr. Desbois, on the inquiry you are calling for with respect to the Department's management practices, which do not jibe with the principles of sustainable development, and so on. Perhaps you could say a little more about that.